School: Baile Nua an Fhaoitigh (roll number 9040)
- Location:
- Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Éilís Ní Mharascáil
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“To save going the long way round the road....”
To save going the long way round the road a man once went across a soft, marshy field. He got stuck in a drain and was drowned. When he was twelve years dead his mother said to their son "Johnny o, this time twelve years your poor father was drowned crossing the near way over the fields." When he was dead seventeen years she said "Johnny o, this day seventeen years your poor father was drowned crossing the near way home." The son said "Mother o, would'nt he be round the road a good many times since.Local Stories
“A man named Walsh was fishing in the Moy....”
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- Robert Fair
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Martin Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo